The First Law · Book 5
The Heroes
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN-13
- 9780575099579
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2011, The Heroes is part of The First Law, credited to Joe Abercrombie. At 672 pages, it is the longest book in the collection covered here.
Its place in The First Law
The Heroes is book 5 in the The First Law series. It follows Best Served Cold. It is followed by Red Country. See the full The First Law reading order.
A crippled torturer, a vain swordsman convinced he's the hero of his own story, and a manipulative wizard who never seems to be quite what he claims are pulled together by a looming war and the wizard's own unexplained agenda. Joe Abercrombie's First Law world is epic fantasy stripped of most of its comforting illusions: kingdoms are run by the venal and incompetent, battles are chaotic and ugly rather than glorious, and the people readers root for are, almost without exception, deeply compromised. It's the book…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575083844
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9783453525238
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9782352946823